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Agate bead

Posted by Joe Loux on September 22, 2011 at 9:14pm
This is a very rare Chinese agate bead from the Western Zhou Dynasty.
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  • SARAH CORBETT September 22, 2011 at 9:52pm
    Now this is sublime....I know a lot of people who wold get very excited about such a bead!
  • Jamey D. Allen September 23, 2011 at 10:08am
    It's a wonderful bead!  I have seen related specimens from ancient China, in the Liese Collection.  They are sometimes misidentified as "jade"—since many desirable hard-stone beads from China are so-identified.  It's good to see a correct designation.  Jamey
  • Joe Loux September 23, 2011 at 11:19pm
    Yes, this agate bead is beautiful.  I have seen only one other in rough condition.  Thanks for your comments, Jamey and Sarah.
  • SARAH CORBETT September 23, 2011 at 11:25pm

    Hi Joe,

    I took the liberty of posting a link to this bead on a bead specialists network too.

    S x

  • SARAH CORBETT September 23, 2011 at 11:26pm

    If your items are for sale, please feel free to say so, and add a link to your site

    S x

  • Jamey D. Allen October 1, 2011 at 1:46pm
    2505991665?profile=originalHere's a scan of one of the Han pieces from the Liese Collection, that I documented a few years ago.  The beads are agate and turquoise (or something turquoise-like).  Jamey
  • Joe Loux October 1, 2011 at 6:40pm

    Hi Jamey, do you know what part of China these beads are from?  The matched hourglass forms at the top seem Dian, from Kunming area, but the other forms are unfamiliar to me.

  • Jamey D. Allen October 1, 2011 at 9:31pm
    Hello Joe.  I only know that this and two other groups were from high-status Han burials.  I don't have access to the documentation.  I believe these pieces were not included with those donated to The Bead Museum.  Frankly, I don't know what their disposition may be.  Jamey
  • Joe Loux October 2, 2011 at 12:16am

    Hi Jamey,

     

    Wow, I would love to see them if they are not donated, and could be located.  Are you certain that they are authentic?  Do you remember who they came from?  Certainly the kind of thing that I get excited about!

    Best, Joe

  • Harald February 5, 2012 at 1:19pm

    What a beauty!!!

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